Ibrahim’s case came to international attention and Sudan has been much criticized for its decision to execute her. The U.S. State Department asked the Sudanese government to respect Ibrahim’s decision to choose her religion.

The country’s penal code makes it a crime for Muslims to convert to other religions, and also Muslim women are not allowed to marry non-Muslims, although that is not true for Muslim men.

Sudanese President Omar Bashir has said Sudan will more strictly follow Islamic law.

The complaint against Ibrahim was filed by her brother, who is a Muslim, CNN said. The brother said she was raised as a Muslim and that the family was surprised to find that after she went missing for several years, Ibrahim had married a Christian.

However, in a statement to the Telegraph, lawyers said that the men laying the claims again Ibrahim were not related to her. Some have told the British newspaper that there may have been a conspiracy against Ibrahim, who ran “a series of successful small businesses in Sudan.”